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The Food and Drug Administration has released an updated version of the Food Defense Plan Builder.

Onion growers and shippers in the Idaho-Eastern Oregon District, like colleagues elsewhere, say they are finding practical use for multiple options in packaging that didn’t exist in years past.

The United Fresh Produce Association plans to update the Good Agricultural Practices Harmonized Standard, 10 years after its inception.

Rep. Rosa DeLauro, an outspoke critic of food industries in response to outbreaks, is again calling for a single federal food safety agency.

Mike Krage is the Idaho Potato Commission’s newest retail promotions director, covering the Northeast and Midwest.

Eco Farms, Temecula, Calif., has increased its bagging capacity and added a new marketing manager, said Gahl Crane, sales director.

Produce industry associations are sponsoring a three-day Food Safety Modernization Act training class in Delta, Colo.

For the second year in a row, the California Department of Food and Agriculture has contracted with Safe Food Alliance for training related to the Food Safety Modernization Act in Central and Southern California.

The Food and Drug Administration has released draft documents designed to help growers better understand the Produce Safety Rule and processors understand the Preventive Controls Rule.

As growers, distributors and others in the supply chain have prepared for Food Safety Modernization Act changes, attention has turned to possible problem areas in guarding against pathogens.

California produce growers can now sign up for on-farm readiness reviews to help them prepare for official produce safety inspections that will start in 2019.

Farmers are now feeling a new squeeze -- borrowing money is getting more expensive as interest rates rise. For some, it may be fatal.

The day may come when sales of organic avocados level off, but for most grower-shippers, movement continues to increase every year.

Catch up on the latest from avocado grower-shippers involved in California's avocado deal.

Though its work is far from done, funding for the Produce Safety Alliance is scheduled to run out by September 2019.

Volume should be up, and prices should be down compared to last year as the 2018 California avocado season kicks off.

Spring is an active marketing season for the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, and department officials say there are more items than ever to promote.

Fifteen startups focusing on agriculture, water, and energy technology will be eligible to pitch their ideas to possible investors through the Fresno State Valley Venture Accelerator.